Utah awards a new contract to football coach Kyle Whittingham, who goes right to work as the 2019 team launches spring practice
Utes will practice twice more before taking next week off for spring break and resuming drills March 19.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune)
University of Utah coach Kyle Whittingham at the first day of spring football practice in Salt Lake City on Monday March 4, 2019.
Kurt Kragthorpe has worked continuously for daily newspapers in Utah since 1977. He moved to The Tribune in 1990 and had a nine-year stint as sports editor, in between writing assignments that have included six Olympic Games, as well as several Super Bowls and major golf tournaments. Kurt and his wife, Sandra, enjoy traveling nationally and interna